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Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and real demonstrations of our union with Christ…Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and reall demonstrations of our union with Christ…
Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and real demonstrations of our union with Christ and assurance of salvation : with an appendix of laying down certain rules to be observed for preserving our assurance once obtained / published by Ed. Calamy ...Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and reall demonstrations of our union with Christ and assurance of salvation : with an appendix of laying down certain rules to be observed for preserving our assurance once obtained / published by Ed. Calamy ...
London: printed for Simon Miller, 1657
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Lay all these things together, and consider, whether it be thus with thy self, yea, or nay; and if upon a true trial thou findest it thus with thee; conclude thou mayst safely, That thou art one led by the Spirit of God after a special manner, and so consequently a son of God by Adoption, an heir of Heaven, a new Creature.
Lay all these things together, and consider, whether it be thus with thy selfe, yea, or nay; and if upon a true tryal thou findest it thus with thee; conclude thou mayst safely, That thou art one led by the Spirit of God after a special manner, and so consequently a sonne of God by Adoption, an heir of Heaven, a new Creature.
The seventh and last appearance of a new Creature, which I will mention here, is thi•; he is one that is joined to the Lord Jesus Chr•i•, and one spirit with him.
The seventh and last appearance of a new Creature, which I will mention here, is thi•; he is one that is joyned to the Lord Jesus Chr•i•, and one spiri• with him.
That he is one joined to the Lord Jesus Christ,1 is evident from the words of this Text, If any man be in Christ, he is a new Creature; Here it is granted, That a new Creature is in Christ; Ego, it must needs then be granted, That he is joined to Christ; for to be in a thing, is more then to be joined to it, and the greater doth necessarily comprehend the lesser; but according to the meaning of the Apostle here, these expressions of being in Christ, and being joined to Christ, I conceive comes all to one.